“The Frog Prince” by Stevie Smith
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, February 4, 2025
The Epic Viking Saga of the Everyday
Eleanor Barraclough on the ordinary people of Norse history
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, January 31, 2025
“The White Heart of God” by Jack Gilbert
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Brahmin and His Imaginary Friend
How a classic paean to the honest virtues of a Maine fisherman obscured several ugly truths
By Janna Malamud Smith Friday, January 24, 2025
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Thursday, January 23, 2025
Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union by Richard Carwardine
It’s Complicated
Unraveling the mystery of why people act as they do
By Michael Shermer Monday, June 5, 2017
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worstby Robert M. Sapolsky
Waking From the Dream
Most Americans assume society is more egalitarian than it is
By Nancy Isenberg Monday, June 5, 2017
The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Dieby Keith Payne
Not by Taste Alone
The flavor of food is produced by all of the senses
By Tim Carman Monday, June 5, 2017
Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eatingby Charles Spence
England, My England
The poet whose bucolic lyrics defined a generation
By Jan Morris Monday, June 5, 2017
Housman Country: Into the Heart of Englandby Peter Parker
Reading Thoreau at 200
Why is the seminal work of the great American transcendentalist held in such scorn today?
By William Howarth Monday, June 5, 2017
Chasing Henrietta
Why one novelist keeps returning to the same inscrutable character
By Andrea Barrett Monday, June 5, 2017
